Team > Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime
Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2020 | Project Leader, Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies (TGCL), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Since 2019 | Chairholder of African Legal Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| 2022 - 2023 | Co-Speaker, Doctoral College for Intersectionality Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| 2021 - 2023 | Vice Director, Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Bayreuth |
| 2017 - 2019 | Deputy Dean, Postgraduate Research, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex, United Kingdom |
| 2016 - 2019 | Co-Chair, Legal Aspects of Sustainable Energy for All Community of Practice, George Washington University, USA |
| 2015 - 2017 | Senior Lecturer in Law and Socio-Legal Studies, School of Law, University of Essex, United Kingdom |
| 2013 - 2015 | Lecturer in International and Environmental Law and Deputy Postgraduate Research Director, School of Law, University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
| 2010 - 2013 | Lecturer in Laws and Deputy Director, Environmental Regulatory Research Group, University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom |
| 2007 - 2019 | Senior Teaching Fellow and Founding Member, Law Environment and Development Centre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom |
| 2007 | PhD, Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom |
| 2006 - 2009 | Head of Africa Division, Exclusive Analysis Limited, London, United Kingdom |
| Since 2005 | Associate Editor Law Environment and Development Journal |
| 2004 - 2005 | Research Fellow, International Environmental Law Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 - 2010 | Assistant Editor African Human Rights Law Journal |
| 2002 - 2003 | Senior Researcher, Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2001 | Master of Laws (LL.M.), Distinction, University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| 2000 -2002 | Associate, Nyirenda & Msisha Law Offices, Blantyre, Malawi |
| 2000 | Bar Admission Licence, High Court and Supre Court of Malawi |
| 2000 | Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Honours, University of Malawi |
| Co-Speaker, Doctoral College for Intersectionality Studies, University of Bayreuth |
Research
- International Human Rights Law
- International Environment Law
Publications
2024
Kaime, Thokozani; Friedle, Antonia; Zundel, Isabelle
Amtsgericht goes international: Vaterschaftsanerkennung nach äthiopischem und eritreischem Fami ...
in Das Standesamt volume 77 (2024) issue 2. - page 36-40
2023
Kaime, Thokozani; Agbaitoro, Godswill
An Energy Justice Approach to Resolving the Conflict between the Development of Energy
in Global Energy Law and Sustainability volume 3 (2023) issue 1. - page 39-71
doi:10.3366/gels.2022.0067 ...
Kaime, Thokozani
Legitimacy, Public International Law and Intractable Problems
in Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht volume 83 (2023) issue 3. - page 399-413
doi:10.17104/0044-2348-2023-3-399 ...
Mauluka, Gift; Kaime, Thokozani
The paradox of child participation in child labour : An interface between statutory and customa ...
in Global Campus Human Rights Journal volume 7 (2023) issue 2. - page 19-34
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008047 ...
2019
Kaime, Thokozani
International energy policy for development : human rights and sustainable development law impe ...
Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019. - page 305-321 . - (Research Handbooks in Environmental Law)
doi:10.4337/9781784717469.00027 ...
2018
Kaime, Thokozani
Children's rights and the environment
International human rights of children
Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore, 2018. - page 563-586 . - (International Human Rights)
doi:10.1007/978-981-10-3182-3_20-1 ...
2017
Kaime, Thokozani
Countering abuse in EU environmental markets : The case for integrated operational safeguards
in Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law volume 26 (2017) issue 1. - page 69-79
doi:10.1111/reel.12195 ...
2015
Glicksman, Robert L.; Kaime, Thokozani
An International Legal Framework for SE4All : Human Rights and Sustainable Development Law Impe ...
in Fordham International Law Journal volume 38 (2015) issue 5. - page 1405-1444
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004910 ...
2014
Kaime, Thokozani
Democracy, legitimacy and international climate change law and policy
International Climate Change Law and Policy : Cultural Legitimacy in Adaptation and Mitigation
London; New York : Routledge, 2014. - page 206-219
2014
Kaime, Thokozani
International Climate Change Law and Policy : Cultural Legitimacy in Adaptation and Mitigation
London : Routledge, 2014
doi:10.4324/9780203796870 ...
2013
Chenoweth, Jonathan; Kaime, Thokozani; Malcom, Rosalind
Water law, human health and the human right to water and sanitation
Water security : Principles, Perspectives and Practices
New York ; London : Routledge, 2013. - page 317-331 . - (Earthscan Water Text)
Glicksman, Robert L.; Kaime, Thokozani
A comparative analysis of accountability mechanisms for ecosystem services markets in the Unite ...
in Transnational Environmental Law volume 2 (2013) issue 2. - page 259-283
doi:10.1017/S2047102513000125 ...
Kaime, Thokozani
Framing the law and policy for ecosystems services
in Transnational Environmental Law volume 2 (2013) issue 2. - page 211-216
doi:10.1017/S2047102513000198 ...
Kaime, Thokozani
The Normative Framework for Children Right's in Refugee Situations
An Introduction to International Refugee Law
Leiden : Martinus Nihjoff Publishers, 2013. - page 401-426
doi:10.1163/9789004226166_017 ...
2011
Kaime, Thokozani
The Convention on the Rights of the Child : A cultural legitimacy critique
Groningen : Europa Law Publ., 2011. - XI, 216 page
Kaime, Thokozani
Cultural Legitimacy and Regulatory Transitions for Climate Change : A Discursive Framework
in Carbon & Climate Law Review volume 5 (2011) issue 3. - page 321-328
doi:10.21552/CCLR/2011/3/186 ...
2010
Kaime, Thokozani
Socio-legal approaches to children’s rights under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare ...
The International Survey of Family Law
Bristol : Familiy Law, 2010. - page 255-274
Kaime, Thokozani
"Vernacularising" the Convention on the Right of the Child : Rights and Culture as Analytic Too ...
in The International Journal of Children's Rights volume 18 (2010) issue 4. - page 637-653
doi:10.1163/157181810X536824 ...
2009
Kaime, Thokozani
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child : A socio-legal perspective
Pretoria : Pretoria Univ. Law Press, 2009. - XII, 247 page
http://www.pulp.up.ac.za/component/edocman/the-afr ...
Kaime, Thokozani
The African Children's Charter : Does it represent a relevant vision of childhood and children' ...
in Children's Legal Rights Journal volume 29 (2009) issue 3. - page 11-29
Kaime, Thokozani
The foundations of rights in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child : A his ...
in African Journal of Legal Studies volume 3 (2009) issue 1. - page 119-136
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004915 ...
2008
Kaime, Thokozani
The protection of refugee children under the African human rights system : finding durable solu ...
Children’s rights in Africa : A legal perspective
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008. - page 183-198
Kaime, Thokozani
The Struggle for Context in the Protection of Children’s Rights : Understanding the Core Concep ...
in Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law volume 40 (2008) issue 58. - page 33-68
doi:10.1080/07329113.2008.10756623 ...
2005
Kaime, Thokozani
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the cultural legitimacy of children's rights in A ...
in African Human Rights Law Journal volume 5 (2005) issue 2. - page 221-238
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004916 ...
2004
Kaime, Thokozani
Beyond social programs : The right to health under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Ri ...
in East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights volume 10 (2004) issue 2. - page 192-205
Kaime, Thokozani
Children's right to health
Monitoring child socio-economic rights in South Africa : Achievements and challenges
Cape Town : Idasa, 2004. - page 127-169
Kaime, Thokozani
From Lofty Jargon to Durable Solutions : Unaccompanied Refugee Children and the African Charter ...
in International Journal of Refugee Law volume 16 (2004) issue 3. - page 336-348
doi:10.1093/ijrl/16.3.336 ...
Kaime, Thokozani
SADC and human rights : Fitting human rights into the trade matrix
in African Security Review volume 13 (2004) issue 1. - page 109-117
doi:10.1080/10246029.2004.9627278 ...
Kaime, Thokozani
Whose rights are they anyway? A critical analysis of the international supervision mechanisms f ...
in Zambia Law Journal volume 36 (2004) . - page 1-19
2003
Kaime, Thokozani
Culture or children’s rights...or both?
in ChildrenFIRST volume 7 (2003) issue 50. - page 16-25
Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime
Chairholder of African Legal Studies
E-Mail: Thoko.Kaime@uni-bayreuth.de
Office hours by appointment
Building B IX, Room No. 42